• SPD Server now supports user formats with the put() function that are greater than 8
characters in length. An SPD Server host can read user format catalog files that were
created by SAS running on Windows, or on the same machine as the SPD Server host.
The spdsls list utility has been enhanced to add a -verbose option. The -verbose
option provides information such as the number of observations, observation length,
index segment size, partition size, and whether the table is compressed, encrypted, or
is a member of a cluster. For more information about SPD Server list utilities, see “SPD
Server Table List Utility Spdsls” on page 227.
• SAS implicit pass-through SQL now permits SQL queries to SPD Server that include
supported SPD Server functions. The "SPD Server SQL Features" chapter of the SAS
Scalable Performance Data Server 4.5: User's Guide contains a section, "Differences
between SAS SQL and SPD Server SQL," that lists the functions that SPD Server
supports via implicit pass-through SQL.
• The installation and delivery of the SPD Server 4.5 client components for SAS is now
part of your SAS installation. For more detailed information about installing SPD
Server 4.5 on a Windows platform, see “Before You Install: Precautions and Required
Permissions” on page 38. For more detailed information about installing SPD Server
4.5 on a UNIX platform, see “ Before You Install: Precautions and Required
Permissions” on page 12.
• The installation and delivery of SAS Management Console components for SPD Server
4.5 is now part of your SAS Management Console installation. For more detailed
information about installing SAS Management Console components for SPD Server
4.5 on a Windows platform, see “Before You Install: Precautions and Required
Permissions” on page 38. For more detailed information about installing SAS
Management Console components for SPD Server 4.5 on a UNIX platform, see
“ Before You Install: Precautions and Required Permissions” on page 12
SPD Server 4.5 Platform Support Changes
SPD Server 4.5 now supports the Linux x64 platform.
4 Chapter 1 • SPD Server 4.5 Product Notes
